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♂ Ronald C. Giffin
aliasRonald C. Giffin
Record
22853 · 4175

Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 4 1 5
Birth 1 December 1942 → 81 years + 4 months ago
Lived 78 years + 4 months
First mandate 19 September 1978 → 45 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 9 months
Death 15 April 2021 → 3 years ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 10 months after 24 May 1993
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 14 8 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Melinda J. MacLean  f 
⊕ J. Floyd Tucker  m 
 		 ⊖ Gerald C. Ritcey  m 
 
Eligible: 25,582 Votes: 36,921 Participation: 72.16% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8554(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
PC
 3/7 7,974 43.36% -688 Winner:
LIB
 8,662 47.10% J. Floyd Tucker
Eligible: 11,448 Votes: 8,575 Participation: 74.90% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4836(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
PC
 1/4 4,713 55.24% +1,553 Loser:
LIB
 3,160 37.04% Peter Wilson

Service: 3 years 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,861 Votes: 8,204 Participation: 69.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1625(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 5,024 61.55% +2,927 Loser:
LIB
 2,097 25.69% Sylvia Roy

Service: 3 years 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,019 Votes: 8,241 Participation: 63.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1573(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 5,008 61.03% +2,755 Loser:
LIB
 2,253 27.46% Kirby E. Grant

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,283 Votes: 8,918 Participation: 72.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1521(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/3 4,479 50.43% +989 Loser:
LIB
 3,490 39.30% Kirby E. Grant

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,776 Votes: 10,855 Participation: 73.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1469(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 4,321 40.10% Eleanor E.T. Norrie

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Giffin, Ronald Chapman (p. 82)		 08 Aug 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Giffin, Ronald Chapman (p. 90)		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ron Giffin		 08 Aug 2023

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